“..Her theme in “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” is the paradoxical ability of the title device (and the people who use it) both to unite and isolate. Gordon’s mother, played with glistening imperiousness by Kathleen Chalfant, ends her funeral oration by calling for a certain hymn by Rodgers and Hammerstein: “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

“That’s right,” she adds dryly, her eulogy having been interrupted by the telltale sound of a muffled phone. “Because you’ll always have a machine in your pocket that might ring.”

But the machine in the pocket means that wherever you are present, you are potentially absent too. “I never had a cellphone,” Jean reflects. “I didn’t want to be there, you know. Like if your phone is on you’re supposed to be there. Sometimes I like to disappear. But it’s like — when everyone has their cellphones on, no one is there. It’s like we’re all disappearing the more we’re there.”..”

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Smart Phones

Why I Downgraded from a Smart Phone to Flip Phone

The Raw Life Health Show
Published on Aug 28, 2017
I finally did it! I downgraded from my smart phone to a old school flip phone. Since I stopped using my iPhone I feel so much better. In this video I share the reasons why I traded my iPhone for a non-smartphone flip. Yes a dumb phone!